Huo Jingnan
Huo Jingnan (she/her) is an assistant producer on NPR's investigations team.
She works with journalists in the network and in member stations to produce original, in-depth reporting. She looked into how many homes sold by the Department of Housing and Urban Development are in flood zones and investigated why face mask guidelines differ between countries.
She was the primary data reporter on Coal's Deadly Dust, a project investigating black lung disease's resurgence. The project won an Edward Murrow Award and NASEM Communications award, and was nominated for an Emmy Award and a George Foster Peabody award.
Huo has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in
Evanston, Illinois and a bachelor's degree in law from Southwest University of
Political Science and Law in Chongqing, China.
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Car traffic took a big dip beginning in late March, and headlines celebrated clean air around the U.S. But an NPR analysis of EPA data tells a more troubling story. -
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and the IRS how many deceased people received coronavirus relief checks from the government — and what the solution is. -
In an analysis of 78 nursing homes in New York where six or more residents have died from COVID-19, NPR found nursing homes with more people of color were more likely to have more deaths. -
On March 13, President Trump promised to mobilize private and public resources to respond to the coronavirus. NPR followed up on each promise and found little action had been taken. -
Some agencies and places urged or required people to use face coverings in public early on. Others dismissed the coverings as ineffective, then revised their stance. Why the differences? -
There are rumblings that U.S. health officials may start encouraging Americans to wear face masks to cut down on asymptomatic spread. But with continued shortages, it's not clear how we'd do that. -
In Wuhan, China, most of the millions of people on lockdown have not gotten sick from COVID-19. But worries and isolation can affect their mental health. -
Chains from Walmart and Target to Whole Foods and Publix are cutting back hours to give employees more time to restock shelves and sanitize stores. -
Three U.S.-led coalition members and two Iraqi solders were injured Saturday, continuing a string of tit-for-tat attacks between the U.S. and Iran-backed militia largely playing out on Iraqi soil. -
Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old ophthalmologist based in Wuhan, was reprimanded in early January by local authorities for "publishing falsehoods" after he mentioned cases of the virus in a WeChat group.
